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Like all good sea captain autobiographies, Rostron spins wonderful tales of a sallow youth fighting raging seas while in sail, making the move into previously scorned steam, and the arduous path taken to finally gain his own command.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRostron zig-zagged his way through WW1 in command of the MAURETANIA, conspired with the chief engineer to extend the MAURE's speed record after oil burners were fitted in the early 1920s, and finished his career on the floating palace BERENGARIA.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the highlight of this book is his chapter on captaining the CARPATHIA the night the TITANIC went down. Just by chance the radio operator heard the distress signal as he was tying his shoes in preparation to go to bed.   Rostron and his officers were dumbfounded that a huge luxury liner could go down, but when the CARPATHIA finally reached the TITANIC's last known position, all they found were lifeboats and a few floating deck chairs.  Talk about a dramatic story!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood condition with rips to the dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-03-10T14:21:07-04:00","created_at":"2025-03-10T14:21:07-04:00","vendor":"FOB","type":"- Books","tags":["- Books","Cunard"],"price":35000,"price_min":35000,"price_max":35000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":50516898545945,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9821","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"CARPATHIA: 1903 - \"Home from the Sea\" by Commodore Arthur Rostron","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":35000,"weight":2268,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9821.jpg?v=1741623228","\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9821-1.jpg?v=1741623228","\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9821-2.jpg?v=1741623228"],"featured_image":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9821.jpg?v=1741623228","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":40660796997913,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.68,"height":2103,"width":1431,"src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9821.jpg?v=1741623228"},"aspect_ratio":0.68,"height":2103,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9821.jpg?v=1741623228","width":1431},{"alt":null,"id":40660797030681,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.26,"height":2065,"width":2601,"src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9821-1.jpg?v=1741623228"},"aspect_ratio":1.26,"height":2065,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9821-1.jpg?v=1741623228","width":2601},{"alt":null,"id":40660797063449,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.628,"height":1447,"width":2355,"src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9821-2.jpg?v=1741623228"},"aspect_ratio":1.628,"height":1447,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/nautiques.net\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9821-2.jpg?v=1741623228","width":2355}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eCunard Line:  \"Home from the Sea\" by Cunard Commodore Sir Arthur Rostron, printed in 1931, hardbound with original dust jacket, 260 pages, from the Frank Braynard Collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA rare original from the first printing in 1931. Like all good sea captain autobiographies, Rostron spins wonderful tales of a sallow youth fighting raging seas while in sail, making the move into previously scorned steam, and the arduous path taken to finally gain his own command.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRostron zig-zagged his way through WW1 in command of the MAURETANIA, conspired with the chief engineer to extend the MAURE's speed record after oil burners were fitted in the early 1920s, and finished his career on the floating palace BERENGARIA.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the highlight of this book is his chapter on captaining the CARPATHIA the night the TITANIC went down. Just by chance the radio operator heard the distress signal as he was tying his shoes in preparation to go to bed.   Rostron and his officers were dumbfounded that a huge luxury liner could go down, but when the CARPATHIA finally reached the TITANIC's last known position, all they found were lifeboats and a few floating deck chairs.  Talk about a dramatic story!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood condition with rips to the dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e"}